Hi Taigi

From 4.0, Taigi Dictionary is now Hi Taigi

The dictionary is free.
Learning starts today.

The Ministry of Education's Taiwanese dictionary in full, offline and without an account. When you want to learn, go from your first greeting up to intermediate.

iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro and Android
Look up words in your browser →

Look a word up,
then answer a question

The dictionary is on the left, learning on the right. Both use the MoE dictionary's own text, exactly as the app shows it.

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Read, listen, write, speak,
then asked again another way

Questions run between character, sound and meaning in 12 formats. If you can read a word but not write it, you get more writing questions.

A question format in the app
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Open it each day and answer

The app decides how many words today and which one comes next. All you decide is whether you study today.

  1. 1Open Today

    New words and the ones due for review are already lined up.

    The Today screen of Learn
  2. 2Answer one at a time

    A word comes back just as you are about to forget it, and less often once it sticks.

    A review question
  3. 3See how far you have come

    Which words you studied each day, and what is up next for review.

    The study log
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From your first greeting
up to intermediate

  1. Beginner

    11lessons

    Greetings, numbers, shopping, meals, family

  2. Elementary

    32lessons

    Making plans, intentions, feelings, personality, looks

  3. Intermediate

    40lessons

    Opinions, guesses, conditions, worries, then and now

15everyday scenes

The doctor · The market · Family talk · Night market · Work · Temple fair And nine more. Start with the words you will actually need.

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You speak Taigi,
but can't read it aloud?

Many people grew up hearing and speaking Taigi, yet freeze when it is written in characters. This question hides the Tâi-lô and gives you only the characters: which reading, and whether the tones change, is yours to decide.

  • Compare your tones with the dictionary

    Your pitch is drawn as a line over the MoE's native recording.

  • The verdict is only a guide

    When the word comes back depends on how well you feel you said it.

  • Examples to say aloud too

    Work through the dictionary's examples one sentence at a time: understand it, then say it.

Free

The dictionary and its tools,
free and unlimited

The tools that used to need Pro are open to everyone from 4.0. No account; once installed it works offline.

Look up anywhere

Select text in any app to look it up and hear it.

Camera lookup

Point the camera at characters you can't read; the app splits them into words you can tap.

Found even half-remembered

Search by characters, Tâi-lô or POJ, with * and ? standing in for what you can't recall.

Name readings and kinship calculator

Read a name in Taigi character by character. Tap 父, 妹, 夫 and you get what to call them: 姑丈.

教育部《臺灣台語常用詞辭典》

Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi, Ministry of Education: 23,298 senses, 17,906 examples, every native recording and differences across ten regions. Included as-is under CC BY-ND 3.0 TW.

29,606entries

  • 學科術語臺灣台語對譯教育部 網站資料開放宣告5,826
  • 台語新詞辭庫公視台語台 CC BY 4.02,157
  • 台灣植物名彙佐佐木舜一 CC BY-SA 4.01,722
  • 台文華文線頂辭典鄭良偉、楊允言 CC BY-SA 4.064,920

When the MoE dictionary has no match, four supplementary dictionaries take over. Nothing is rewritten or merged, and every entry shows its source.

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Lessons, scenes and speaking,
all in Taigi Plus

Works on every device with the same Apple ID. The dictionary and tools need no subscription.

  • Yearly7-day free trial for first-time subscribers
  • WeeklyNo free trial
Download on the App Store

You choose a plan inside the app and pay through Apple; prices are shown in your region's App Store. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage them at any time in your App Store account settings.

Already bought Study?
If you bought Study, or bought Pro before Study went on sale, Study's learning content (all seven lessons of the 700 common characters, Tâi-lô dictation, reading examples aloud and learning from your bookmarks) stays free for you, with no subscription. Pro's tools are now free for everyone.

Questions

Are Taigi Dictionary and Hi Taigi the same app?

Yes. From 4.0 the app is called Hi Taigi. Your bookmarks and records stay after the update, and there is nothing to reinstall.

Does it work offline?

Yes. The dictionary text and the topic index are built into the app; the audio comes as voice packs that play fully offline once downloaded. Looking words up needs no account and no sign-in.

What is free, and what needs a subscription?

The dictionary, its audio, look-up-anywhere, wildcard search, camera lookup, widgets and the Tâi-lô basics are all free. Lessons, everyday scenes, speaking practice and the study log are in Taigi Plus (yearly or weekly; the yearly plan comes with a 7-day free trial for first-time subscribers).

I bought Study or Pro before. Do I have to pay again?

Not if you bought Study, or bought Pro before Study went on sale: Study's learning content (all seven lessons of the 700 common characters, Tâi-lô dictation, reading examples aloud and learning from your bookmarks) stays free for you. Pro's tools are now free for everyone; the lessons, everyday scenes and other additions in 4.0 are unlocked by Taigi Plus.

Is the audio recorded or synthesised?

Every recording is the MoE dictionary's own, and learning questions use the same recordings. Pronunciation differences across ten regions are included.

Can I try it first?

Bee 台語 gives you ten questions a day in the browser, free and without an account.

For schools and institutionsThe dictionary is free in full, offline and needs no sign-in, and you can deploy it in bulk through Apple School or Business Manager. Ask us about learning subscriptions.Get in touch

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